What Blues Are You Listening To Today?

Plankton · 10-27-2020, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ribbons

You're welcome! The documentary is a bit hard to find these days. Here's a link if you'd like to view it online: https://archive.org/details/THESEARCHFORROBERTJOHNSON

Enjoy!

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Originally Posted by ando here

This one isn't bad, either.

Looks like my night is filled up. I'll put on the head cuttin scene from Crossroads after these.

ribbons · 10-27-2020, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ando here

wang dang doodle koko taylor

Koko is kool.

The long tall Hound Dog Taylor on guitar! And of course, the legendary Little Walter shortly before his death.

ribbons · 10-27-2020, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ando here

This one isn't bad, either.

I've been wanting to see this - now's the time! Thanks!

Plankton · 10-27-2020, 03:07 PM

They play quite a bit of Koko on WXRT HD2:

https://www.radio.com/wxrthd2/listen

Plankton · 10-28-2020, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

Looks like my night is filled up. I'll put on the head cuttin scene from Crossroads after these.

I only checked out Ando's, since I couldn't get the other to play on my large flat screen... pretty sure that the Archive website isn't set up with the proper video codec or something along those lines, but the one I did watch was enlightening. I'll check the other one out when I get time. I appreciate the rec's.

ribbons · 10-28-2020, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

They play quite a bit of Koko on WXRT HD2:

https://www.radio.com/wxrthd2/listen

Great playlists on this station - thank you!

ribbons · 10-28-2020, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

I only checked out Ando's, since I couldn't get the other to play on my large flat screen... pretty sure that the Archive website isn't set up with the proper video codec or something along those lines, but the one I did watch was enlightening. I'll check the other one out when I get time. I appreciate the rec's.

No problem - hope you enjoy watching if/when the technology works out.

I gradually fast-forwarded through segments of the doc last night, and was reminded that "Queen" Elizabeth (one of Johnson's featured ex-girlfriends) disturbs me a bit with her talk of shooting Johnson!

I was also pleasantly reminded of Johnny Shines's dignified presence and insightful commentary.

Plankton · 10-28-2020, 12:02 PM

Johnny Shine's commentary was some of the most insightful of the entire doc. His take on the "Selling his soul to the devil" was telling of the way things were with those early blues men. "He was a dam liar and I'd tell it to him straight to his face". lol He wasn't having any of it.

Plankton · 10-28-2020, 02:39 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab1Qk1eWOrc

Plankton · 10-28-2020, 02:46 PM

I'll throw this one on the pile. I was just looking for some old blues tunes I've done and this one... well this one was a drunken fun mess of a time with an old friend from a few years back.

https://planktonsodyssey.bandcamp.co...es-bonus-track

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	I'll throw this one on the pile. I was just looking for some old blues tunes I've done and this one... well this one was a drunken fun mess of a time with an old friend from a few years back. https://planktonsodyssey.bandcamp.co...es-bonus-track __________________ See location...